- Recall that the law was first amended in 2019 amid a rift between Ganduje and Sanusi, which led to the removal of the former CBN boss as the Emir of Kano.
- The first amendment broke the Kano Emirate into five with the creation of Rano, Karaye, Gaya and Bichi emirates, and the appointment of first-class emirs for the new emirates, eventually culminating in the deposition of the then-Emir of Kano.
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has signed the new emirate council law.
WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the governor signed the law Thursday evening at the Government House alongside his deputy, the Speaker of the State Assembly and other principal officers in the government.
Abba Yusuf is expecting address the press shortly….
Other details surrounding this development remains sketchy at press time.
Earlier today he Kano State House of Assembly passed the Kano Emirates Council Law (Repeal Bill) 2024, effectively abolishing the establishment of five new emirates created by the former Kano state Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’
This is a developing story…
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